Dunn playing chess with the Colonel which soon escalates into a patriotic war of words when Mr. Aubrey Smith) who is viewed as somewhat eccentric by the other boarders. They stay at a boarding house where they meet a retired Colonel Forsythe (played by the venerable C. Both are in England to 'explore their roots'. She is just fabulous here as Susan Dunn, an american woman vacationing in London with her father, Hiram Dunn (Frank Morgan) - who is a newspaper publisher. I've only seen a handful of Irene Dunne films but this one would have to rank as my favorite now. It's also definitely a propaganda film and politics does rear it's ugly head later on in the film (and spoils the mood somewhat).but i'll address that in a moment. It's dialogue driven with characters you grow to care for. Go and watch Terminator 2 or something instead : )Р”Р‡or all you others.well, I think this is a gem of a film.one of those flicks that you really don't hear or read too much about - but you end up completely immersed in the drama during it's two hour + running time. Okay.if you are one of those that doesn't like sentimental, romantic flicks.well, you can skip over this review right now. The tragedy of this current time of the Covid pandemic is that America is so selfish that not wearing a piece cloth over your face is more important than destroying a whole family's lives forever by recklessly endangering the lives of others for selfish reasons!

When countries indulge in it, lives are lost and can never be made whole again. What movies such as this one teach us is that war is a destroyer best kept at bay. An excellent cast bring this classic and tragic war film to heartbreaking life.

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